Born in Clarkson, Kentucky, Meredith received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in 1971.

He was the minority counsel for the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Penitentiaries from 1971 to 1972.

He was a legislative assistant for United States Senator Marlow W. Cook of Kentucky from 1972 to 1975.

[1] Meredith was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 27, 1985, to the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, to a new seat created by 98 Stat.

[1] Meredith served in that capacity until his death of pancreatic cancer on December 1, 1994, in Louisville, Kentucky.